On March 21, the market capitalization of stablecoins reached $150 billion for the first time in 18 months. According to CoinGecko, in addition to the growth of market capitalization to $150.5 billion, daily trading volume for the asset class approached $122 billion.

The undisputed leader in this category is Tether (USDT), which has 70% dominance. The second largest stablecoin, USD Coin (USDC), has a market capitalization of $31.8 billion, giving Circleβ€˜s stablecoin a market share of over 20%. In third place is DAI, which had $4.7 billion and 3% of the market share at the time of writing.

The crypto community believes that the increase in stablecoinsβ€˜ market capitalization is an optimistic signal for further market growth. Total Stablecoin Mcap:

  • Mar 21st. $147b.
  • Feb 21st. $138b.
  • Jan 21st. $133b.
  • Dec 21st. $130b.
  • Nov 21st. $127b.
  • Oct 21st. $124b.

In particular, stablecoins satisfy a market need if they have such a large market capitalization. Earlier in March, rating agency S&P Global Ratings released its ninth stability rating for the stablecoins USDC, USDT, DAI, FDUSD, FRAX, USDM, GUSD, USDP and TUSD. USDC, USDP, and GUSD were rated β€œstrong,” while only USDM from Mountain Protocol was rated β€œadequate”. Stablecoins USDT, DAI, and FDUSD were called β€œconstrained.” The highest risk and lowest valued were FRAX and TUSD. None of the listed assets received the highest score in the current ranking.